Faculty Profiles - YOKOYAMA Satoshi

The giant Asian monsoon has formed a diverse climate and natural environment. The Asian monsoon climate manifests itself in manifold ways depending not just on the latitude or altitude of an area but also on physical conditions such as topography and vegetation and even the size of its human population. Likewise, the livelihoods of people in the affected area are diverse. This book focuses on nature and agriculture, food, and climate and culture as an excellent framework for understanding the relationship between humans and the environment in complex Monsoon Asia. Through the discussions in this book, what the authors have sought to demonstrate is that the livelihoods in Monsoon Asia demonstrate unique forms in a limited environment, while the Asian monsoon climate has one of the largest movements of any natural phenomenon on a macroscopic scale. These manifest forms are diverse both on a time scale and on a spatial scale and are extremely diversified in limited regions. Such diversity is not only due just to the effects of the natural environment but also results from social and cultural forces. In this area of Monsoon Asia, traditional and religious social norms are becoming entangled with “new” economic and political norms brought in from the outside world by globalization.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2113-3

Natto in mainland Southeast Asia' YOKOYAMA S et al. (eds.) "Nature, Culture, and Food in Monsoon Asia (International Perspectives in Geography 10)" Reviewed

Satoshi YOKOYAMA（ Role： Contributor）

Springer Singapore 2020.2 （ ISBN:9811521123 ）

Total pages：172 Responsible for pages：69-83 Language：English Book type：Scholarly book

In the mid-1960s, the “lucidophyllous forest culture” theory was proposed. This proposal notes that lucidophyllous forests range from Japan to mainland Southeast Asia to the Himalayas, and that commonalities could be observed in the use of vegetation in these regions, suggesting the existence of similar cultures. Non-salted fermented soyfoods (natto) are also widely found in the lucidophyllous forest range, and is considered an element of lucidophyllous forest culture. There have been many theories proposed and debated concerning the origin of non-salted fermented soyfoods and how they were propagated, but no clear proof has yet been established. In this paper, we compare between regions and peoples the forms, production methods, and uses of natto made for countless generations in mainland Southeast Asia to shed light on the characteristics and universality of the soyfood in each region. We then discuss the approach, based on our field surveys, to elucidate the origin and propagation of natto within mainland Southeast Asia.

DOI： 10.1007/978-981-15-2113-3_6

「政治生態学（ポリティカルエコロジー）」現代地政学事典編集委員会編『現代地政学事典』

横山智（ Role： Contributor）

丸善出版 2020.1 （ ISBN:4621304631 ）